[Vicky]

Office 2003 or 2007. I need to convert WP macros and Merges.
I have a fairly good understanding of AutoText, Auto Complete and templates
in Office 2003. Not sure if I can accomplish the same things in 2007.
QuickParts just doesnt seem as easy to use as the previous features. The
boss wants to go to 2007, figuring in 2 years 2003 will be obsolete. Any
thoughts?

[Graham Mayor]

The boss is the boss - and he is probably right It might take you the two
years to get used to it.
Apart from autocomplete, the functions you list are similar in Word 2003 and
2007. They are just laid out differently.

See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/Wo...Converters.htm
and
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/RevealCodes.htm
and
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/WordVsWordPerfect.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Vicky wrote:
Office 2003 or 2007. I need to convert WP macros and Merges.
I have a fairly good understanding of AutoText, Auto Complete and
templates in Office 2003. Not sure if I can accomplish the same
things in 2007. QuickParts just doesnt seem as easy to use as the
previous features. The boss wants to go to 2007, figuring in 2 years
2003 will be obsolete. Any thoughts?

[gr8auntieokie]

Vicky, I agree with Graham: go ahead and go with Office 2007. It will be
harder for you to learn 2003 and then unlearn it and shift to 2007, than to
just go with 2007 from the get-go. Also, you may find that many of your
macros in WordPerfect can be replaced by AutoText (Quick Parts) in Word,
saving you a lot of work in conversion from one to the other; at least,
that's what we found in our office.

Cyndie Browning
Tulsa, OK


"Vicky" wrote:

Office 2003 or 2007. I need to convert WP macros and Merges.
I have a fairly good understanding of AutoText, Auto Complete and templates
in Office 2003. Not sure if I can accomplish the same things in 2007.
QuickParts just doesnt seem as easy to use as the previous features. The
boss wants to go to 2007, figuring in 2 years 2003 will be obsolete. Any
thoughts?